This season see a new format of the Champions League, so I thought I would jump on the bandwagon and create a Matchweek Kit Review, much like my Premier League ones… so here we are, looking at Match 1 of The Champions League, 2024/25 Edition!
The current Kit Overview for Kits worn by The Champions League Teams.
This gives 103 of the 108 Kits of the 36 Teams, but there will be more thanks to a 4th Kits or Cup Kits that we are likely to see in use over the coming months!
Match 1 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 36
New Kits this Matchweek
As the first week of the Competition, all 36 kits are being used for the first time!
Kit Highlights
Due to some of the regional country laws around sponsorship gave some slightly different Kit Looks..
Aston Villa wore a Charity Sponsor (one they have used before) in their game at BSC Young Boys, their first game in Europe’s Premier Competition for over 40 years!
Stuttgart wore their Away Kit at Real Madrid, but went with no sponsor to give them a plan chest band on the kit, for a classic look!
Bayern Munich followed their recent trend of wearing change kits in Home European games, by wearing their “Trefoil” Clad 3rd Kit in the emphatic 9-2 victory against Dinamo Zagreb.
As pointed out by our friend Denis of Museum of Jerseys all 11 of Liverpool players were in Green, although different shades in their game at AC Milan.
Manchester City debuted their 4th Kit in their Home game against …., released just last week they were quick to use the kit (even before using their 3rd kit) and it was in a Home fixture, is this a trend we will see for the rest of the campaign for The English Champions!
Only three teams wore Home Kits in Away games, Inter Milan at Manchester City (possible only due to 4th kit being worn at Home), Girona at PSG and Arsenal at Atalanta.
Borussia Dortmund wore their “Cup Kit” at Club Brugge, so could be argued it was actually four teams!
My favourite Kit Match of the week was the game between AS Monaco and Barcelona, a nice Kit Match up with two good kits for these teams this season..!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen the following kits…
20 Home Kits
8 Away Kits
6 3rd Kits
1 4th Kit
1 “Cup” Kit
Kit Variations seen this week
Juventus – Home, with alternative white shorts & socks
Aston Villa – 3rd, with alternative white shorts
Bayer Leverkusen – 3rd, with alternative white shorts & socks
Let me know your thoughts or other details you spotted this week in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next round of Champions League games on the 1st / 2nd October 2024.
The Premier League is back after the first International Break of the season and Matchweek 4 is completed, let’s take some time to look into the Kits worn this weekend!
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
All 60 Kits have now been released, we have even seen a 61st, more on that below….!
Matchweek 4 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 42 (+7 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 40 (+6 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were 7 new Kits seen this Matchweek..
Manchester United were in a change kit for the first time this season, using their Away Kit.
Leicester City in their 3rd Kit.
Brentford in their 3rd Kit.
Everton in their 3rd Kit.
Newcastle United in the Away Kit.
Alternative socks for both West Ham (Home Kit) and Chelsea (Away Kit) both in alternative looks for the first time.
There was also 6 new Goalkeeper Kits on show this weekend
Arsenal – Pink
AFC Bournemouth – Blue
Leicester City – Black
Manchester City – Light Orange
Manchester United – Green
Southampton – Green
Kit Highlights
For the first time in 38 years Arsenal were forced to wear a change kit in The North London Derby againt Tottenham Hotspur, this was due to PGMOL ruling that there was too much white in the Arsenal home kit, Arsenal reportedly offered to wear alternative red shorts but their offer was rejected, so it was their Away Kit that was used…!
West Ham were the first team this season to use a Kit Variation, with alternative blue socks with their Home Kit, this was also the only Home Shirt used by an Away team this Matchweek.
This was soon followed by Chelsea, in alternative socks with their Away kit.
There just 2 teams that have only 1 kit so far this season – Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers, with Wolves also just wearing the 1 Goalkeeper as well.
Brentford and Everton are the first team to wear Home, Away and 3rd Kits this season in their opening 4 games.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester City and Brentford, the two kits working well together to give a nice overall look on the pitch.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 11 Home Kits and 5 Away and 4 3rd Kits in action.
The first variations of the season used this weekend
West Ham United – Home / Blue Socks
Chelsea – Away / Light Orange Socks
Kit Grid – Up to 16th September
Kit News
Manchester City have release their much rumoured “4th” Kit… making it the 61st Kit of the Premier League this season, described as the below on the Manchester City website.
“Marking 30 years since the release of the album Definitely Maybe, it’s definitely City. Co-designed by lifelong Man City fan Noel Gallagher, this collection pays homage to the album that defined an era. Featuring designs inspired by the iconic Oasis album cover”
I managed to pop into the Puma store on Carnaby Street, London on the day of it’s launch to see it in person, whether the team needs a 4th Kit is another debate, but as a Kit and Kit Collection this does look great.
This may not be the last 4th Kit we see, as there is still talk of either Chelsea or Tottenham Hotspur launching a 4th Shirt this season linked with Air Jordan Brand.
The final two teams to release their 3rd Kits this season, did so this week…
Aston Villa, have gone for “Midnight Blue” as their alternative change kit, giving a nice balance between their three kits.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have gone for a more flamboyant colour, “Hyper Voilet” is its description, it’s bold choice to used and will be interesting to see in action.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and I will be back after next weekend’s fixtures.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
We have seen 55 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just 5 Teams left to release their 3rd Kits.
Matchweek 2 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 32 (+12 Kits this Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 31 (+11 Kits this Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were a total of 12 new kits seen this weekend, being the 2nd round of fixtures there is no surprise there, with the following teams at Home and in their Home Kit for the first time this season…
Brighton & Hove Albion
Crystal Palace
Southampton
Aston Villa
AFC Bournemouth
That means there was seven change kits used for the first time
West Ham United, 3rd
Ipswich Town, Away
Nottingham Forest, 3rd
Everton, Away
Arsenal, Away
Newcastle United, 3rd
Brentford, Away
Kit Highlights
I am starting with Goalkeeper Kits this week, with the four Umbro supplied teams seeing their Goalkeepers using the same template / colour this weekend, possibly no surprise but I wanted to call out…!
There were 8 Teams that have worn their Home Kits in their opening 2 games of the season, Manchester United, Fulham, Leicester City, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolves, Chelsea and Liverpool.
3rd Kits were used for the first time this season, with West Ham, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United using 3rd Kits this weekend.
AFC Bournemouth celebrated their 125th Anniversary with some special match detailing on their shirt worn against Newcastle United, the special crest will only be used in this game.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Aston Villa and Arsenal, for the second week in a row I have gone for Adidas v Adidas but both these kits being used for the first time this season really worked together and the Arsenal Away kit looked better in action that I was expecting!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 13 Home Kits and 4 Away and 3 3rd Kits in action.
There were no Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Kit Grid – Up to 26th August
Kit News
There were two Kits launched this week, both on Friday 23rd August.
Everton, who’s 3rd Kit takes influence of the 100 year anniversary of an exhibition baseball game hosted at Goodison Park. On 23 October 1924, Chicago White Sox and New York Giants played at the ground. The Kit is neutral colour, almost cream (or Ecru) in colour with Navy and Yellow detailing, paired with Navy Shorts and neutral socks completing their first kits from Castore.
Nottingham Forest also released their 3rd Kit, which is light / sky blue in the current Adidas template and worn with white shorts and sky blue socks, and was also debuted this weekend at Southampton.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 3 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.
The 2024 / 25 Premier League Season has now kicked off and just like last season, I will be taking a more in depth look into the Kits each Matchweek.
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
We have seen 53 out of 60 Kits released so far… with just 7 Teams left to release their 3rd Kits.
Matchweek 1 Fixtures
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 20
Goalkeeper Kits – 20
New Kits this Matchweek
Of course all kits this week are being used for the first time this season, more details will appear in this section as we move through the season and new kit looks / variations are used.
Kit Highlights
There was just the one “Kit Mash” up on show, Aston Villa who launched their Away Kit the day before their game at West Ham, went with pairing their new kit with their Home Socks to avoid a clash with West Ham who are in White Shorts and Socks this season.
Chelsea started their second consecutive season with no front of shirt sponsor, no agreement was in place for the deadline to add a sponsor, so just as last season it will be a few weeks before we see any changes here.
Arsenal started the season in an unexpected Goalkeeper Kit, having previously advised that they would use the yellow and pink versions of the current Adidas Tiro 24 template, as well as the plain Black Adidas Orginals shirt as a 3rd Option, it was the Black Tiro 24 that was used in the opening game… could be an interesting season for Keeper Kits at The Emirates, with rumours of a 5th keeper look potentially being used this season.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester United and Fulham, and its mainly related to those shorts… their design and look is one of my favourite kit details of this season, so seeing two team in this look was great to see in action in the opening game of the season.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits and 5 Away, with no 3rd Kits in action.
There was just the one Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Aston Villa, Away Kit with Home Socks
Kit Grid – Up to 20th August
Kit News
Watch this space for upcoming kit news, still a few 3rd Kits to released and a couple of potential 4th Kits, so we will take a look at those here as we move through the season as well as other Kit related news to Premier League teams.
A reminder you can find details of the 7 Different Kit Manufacturers used in the Premier League this season (along with the rest of The EFL Clubs), here.
That is this Premier League Matchweek Kit Review, 10 games down… 370 to go!!
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek and Matchweek 2 Review will be published after next weekend’s games.
I like to look at Football Kits and Kit Stats in many ways, one way that I wanted to revisist for the previous seasons was a Top Trump format.
So for those of a certain age will know all about Top Trumps, so for this set I have looked at the kits of each of the 20 Premier League Teams, Home, Away and Third kits and stats around these kits, the stats I have picked are the following:
League Games Worn – How many league games was the kit (and variations) worn
Variations of Kit – The number of variations of that kit were worn
Games Won – Number of games won wearing the kit(s)
Points Won – Number of points won wearing the kit(s)
Points per game – The average number of points per game (total points / games worn) per kit
I have highlighted the “Top Trump” in each section in “Gold and Black”.
The cards by each team….
There they are, 60 Top Trump cards… any surprises there, Wolverhampton Wanderers points per game in their change kits, Tottenham Hotspur scoring 54 points in their home kit, Luton Town’s 4 variations of their 3rd Kit?
What would you consider as the overall “Top Trump” card, Manchester City Home Kit or something else?
Are there any other stats that you think I should haved used for future Top Trump looks at Football Kits.
Please let me know over at @Kit_Geek on Twitter or in the comments below.
On Saturday 1st June 2024, Real Madrid won the Champions League for the 6th time in 11 years and 15th time overall in the history of the tournament.
I wanted to follow my overview of the kits worn in the Group Stages with a Kit Overview of the Knock Out Stages of the competition, as well as a final overview of the competition from The Group Stages
The 5 “New Kits Variations” seen in the Knockout Stages:
Arsenal wore their home kit with alternative socks against FC Porto in their Last 16 Game.
FC Porto returned the alternative Home Kit look in the return leg of their match up with Arsenal, these were the only two alternative kit looks used in the Knock-Out games of the Champions League this season.
Napoli wore their away for the first time in the competition this season when they Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid wore their away in game against Borussia Dortmund, this meant they were the 2nd team to wear Home, Away, 3rd and 4th Kits in the competition, Barcelona being the first.
It took Real Madrid to the 2nd Leg of their Quarter Final against Manchester City to wear their Away for the first time, they then wore it again in their next game against Bayern Munich.
Kit Variations Stats
Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Champions League Teams
FC Porto in 5 Kit Variations (8 Games): Home Kit x3, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
6 Teams in 4 Kit variations
Manchester United (6 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
Arsenal (10 Games): Home Kit x2, 3rd Kit x2
Napoli (8 Games): Home Kit x2, Away Kit, 3rd Kit
Atletico Madrid (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
Celtic (6 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Barcelona (10 Games): Home Kit, Away Kit, 3rd Kit, 4th Kit
17 Teams in 3 Kit Variations
8 Teams in Home, Away, 3rd Kits
9 Teams using a variation of one their kits to give 3 variations in total
7 Teams in 2 Kit Variations
1 Team in just 1 Kit – BCS Young Boys
Most variations of Home Kit – 3 (FC Porto)
Most variatons of Away Kit – 2 (RC Lens / Feyenoord / Celtic)
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 2 (Arsenal / PSV / RB Salzburg)
Most variations of Cup Kit – 2 (Borussia Dortmund)
17 Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away, 3rd, 4th or Cup Kits
Most worn Home Kit – 7, Real Madrid (13 Games) / PSG (12 Games)
Most worn Away Kit – 7, Bayern Munich (12 Games)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 5, RB Salzburg (2 Variations in 6 Games)
Most worn 4th Kit – 3, Barcelona (10 Games)
Most worn Cup Kit – 13, Borussia Dortmund (2 Variations in 13 Games)
All Kit variations and the number times they were worn by Group…
Kit Highlights:
There was an increase in overall kits used from last season, increasing from 87 to 95 (9%) with 24 of the 32 teams using at least 3 Kit Looks, and just 8 teams using a maxium of 2 kits.
Only one team, BSC Young Boys wore just one kit look in their Champions League Campaign, which lasted their 6 Group Games.
Borussia Dortmund’s run to the final saw them only use their Cup Kit through-out their 13 games in two variations (Black Shorts and Yellow Shorts)…
FC Porto wore the most Kit Variations in this season’s competition, with 5 kit looks including 3 different Home Kit variations…
Let me know you favourite kits, kit highlights and kit match ups of the 2023/24 Champions League in the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
The 2023 / 24 Premier League season ended on Sunday 19th May 2024 with Manchester City securing their 4th Premier League on the final day of the season, pipping Arsenal to title. At the foot of the table, the three promoted teams from last season Luton Town, Burnley and Sheffield United found themselves dropping back down to the Championship.
As the season has ended, I will follow my tradition of taking a more in depth look into the kits worn through this season, some stats and information behind these kits.
Kit Stats
760 Kits worn (380 Games)
Home Kit used 69% of the time (61% Default, 8% Variations)
Away Kit used 19% of the time (14% Default, 5% Variations)
3rd Kit used 12% of the time (8% Default, 4% Variations)
110 different Kit Variations worn by the 20 teams
Home Kits – 37.3% of total Kit Variations used:
21 Home Kits worn (1 teams wearing 24/25 Home Kit this season)
20 Home Kit variations used
Away Kits – 34.6% of total Kit Variations used:
20 Away Kits worn
18 Away Kit variations used
3rd Kits – 28.1% of total Kit Variations used:
16 3rd Kits used
15 3rd Kit variations used
4 Teams did not use default 3rd kit, Arsenal, Manchester United, Sheffield United wearing alternative socks and Brighton & Hove Albion wearing alternative shorts
Goalkeeper Kits:
61 Goalkeeper used
3 Teams (Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool) in 4 different Goalkeeper Kits
Liverpool in 24/24 GK Kit
Overview of Kits Used
Kit Overview
Kit Log, Match 1 to Match 19
Kit Log, Match 20 to Match 38
Kit Variations
Looking in more detail at the Kit Variations worn by the Premier League Teams:
One Team in 11 Kit variations
Manchester United: Home Kit x6, Away Kit x3, 3rd Kit x3
Sheffield United: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Tottenham Hotspur: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
West Ham United: Home Kit x2, Away Kit x2, 3rd Kit
Six Teams in 4 Kit variations
One Teams in 3 Kit variations (Home, Away, 3rd)
Most variations of Home Kit – 6
Manchester United
Most variatons of Away Kit – 4
Luton Town
Most variations of 3rd Kit – 4
Luton Town
Two Teams did not wear any Kit Variations, just default Home, Away or 3rd Kits
Burnley
Liverpool (also wore 24/25 Home Kit)
Most worn Home Kit – 30, Chelsea (2 Variations)
Most worn Away Kit – 15, Sheffield United (2 Variations)
Most worn 3rd Kit – 8, AFC Bournemouth, Brentford (2 Variations) and Manchester United (2 Variations)
Arsenal, Brentford and Liverpool used 4 Goalkeeper Kit variations including 24/25 GK Kit for Liverpool
Most worn GK Kit – 29, Everton (Green GK Kit)
Something new that I have created for this season is an overview of when each of the new kits were first worn, for example… Aston Villa four different kit variations in their opening four games, two Home Kits and two Away Kits…!
Match 1 to Match 19
Match 20 to Match 38
Kit Grid
Below is a graphic of what kits where worn against what teams, its one that I share on a weekly basis on my Twitter Account – @Kit_Geek
Kit Tables
One area I like to look at is a team’s performance in their kit, I have created the below tables (Home, Away and 3rd Kit), all shirt variations are included in each section, e.g. Manchester United’s 6 Home Kit variations are all included in the “Home Kit” Table and based on “Points per Game” used ratio.
Please also note, as these are the match performances in each kit, I have not taken into account the points deductions for Everton and Nottingham Forest.
Home Kits
No surprises at the top of table, with Manchester City heading the table up with 2.37 points per game in their Home Kit, followed by Arsenal (2.32) and Liverpool (2.22). Manchester City scoring 64 Points in Home Kits.
Only the three relegated teams scored less than a point a game when in their Home Kit.
Away Kits
Arsenal are the stand out team in their Away Kit this season, 2.58 points per game and huge 31 points in total (out a possible 36), Manchester City the only other team above 2 points per game (2.33).
Wolverhampton Wanderers ended the season with 1.67 points per game in their Away Kit are another team to call out, finishing with the 4th best performance here, after having the 4th worst performance in their Home Kit!
There were only 8 teams with a better record than a point per game, Sheffield United who wore their Away 15 times in 19 Away games, only managed 6 points here at 0.40 points per game!
3rd Kits
Champions Manchester City were the only team to have a 100% win record in a kit, with 6 points from the 2 games in their 3rd Kit!
Another 4 teams managed to scored over 2 points per game and over, with Liverpool 2.25, Aston Villa, Chelsea and Wolverhampton Wanderers all scoring 2 points per game!
Manchester United managed 14 points in their 3rd Kit, the most points scored here.
We also had 3 teams that failed to score a point in their 3rd Kit, relegated teams Sheffield United and Burnley were joined by Premier League Runners Up Arsenal, only wearing their 3rd kit once and losing at Fulham.
Summary and Highlights
There were plenty of discussion points through the season with the kits used, some of the highlights for me are the following:
Lets start with Manchester United, who for the second season in a row wore a staggering 6 different Home Kit Variations, again like last season this mainly due to the socks worn, with 3 different pairs of black socks worn with the Home Kit this season, with the default pair (white cuffed with pattern), and 2 pairs of Teamwear socks, one with Adidas wordmark and one with just Adidas “3 Stripes”
And with 5 different change kit used as well, makes a total of 11 Different Kit looks used this season, this includes two different looks of the 3rd Kit, however they were one of the four teams that did use their 3rd Kit in it’s default look, which was with red socks.
Although Luton Town ended the season relegated from the League, they have provided football fans with plenty of entertainment through out the season, including us Kit Lovers… Their three kits were proved to be very interchangable and they ended up using 10 Different Kit Variations this season, with two Home Kit Looks, four Away Kit and four 3rd Kits, all maintaining the overall Luton Town feel to the kits… thank you to Denis at Museum of Jerseys for this wonderful overview of the kits, which can also be found here.
The most worn outfield kit look was Brighton & Hove Albion’s Home Kit which was worn 28 times out of the 38 Games, this kit was also worn once with white shorts and socks at Luton Town, so Home was worn 29 times in total. Chelsea did wear their Home Kit 30 times in total, with 26 in it’s default look and 4 times with alternative blue socks but as a single look the Brighton Home Kit takes it!
Arsenal ended the season wearing their Away Kit 12 times in their 19 Away games, and amassed 31 Points out of 36, winning 10 of the games in this wonderful kit..!
Liverpool were unbeaten in their Away Kit, playing 7 games winning 3 and drawing 4 of those matches.
The single most worn kit of the 2023/24 Premier League Season, was a goalkeeper kit and the first choice kit of Everton, which was worn in 29 of the 38 games this season!
Sheffield United gave us one of my favourite kit “Easter Eggs” of the season, they wore alternative red socks with Home, Away and 3rd Kits this season, with none of the kits having red socks as part of their default look!
Compared to previous seasons it was a fairly uneventful period for goalkeeper kits in 23/24, no mash ups, no unusual elements to the kits and with 15 teams in the expected 3 goalkeeper kits, there were two clubs (Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest) who used just 2 kits all season and another two clubs, Arsenal and Brentford who used 4 kits… Liverpool also used 4 Goalkeeper kits, with their 24/25 Kits being used in the final game of the season.
Arsenal – used 3 different templates, but one with Black Shorts (the default look for The Gunners) and Green Shorts, as seen by several other Adidas Supplied clubs.
Brentford – were the only team to use 4 different kit looks for their goalkeepers.
There we have it…
The Premier Leagues’s End of Season Kit report for 2023/24, please let me know your favourite kit highlights from this division on the comments below or over at @Kit_Geek
You can find other End of Season Reports below and of course the Matchweek Kit Reviews from each of the 38 Matchweek’s of this Premier League Season!
Matchweek 37, the penultimate week of the season has now been completed. These fixtures being the reverse games from Matchweek 4.
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 37
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 109 (no new kits)
Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (no new kits)
New Kits this Matchweek
There were no new kits on show this Matchweek, which is no surprise… we are waiting to see if we will have any 2024/25 kits on show in the final round of fixtures this season.
Kit Highlights
Brentford won for the first time this season in their Away Kit, this was the 7th time the kit was worn this season with 1 draw and 5 defeats in the previous 6 outings this season… the Kit was alao worn 6 times in Premier League last season with no victories, so it looks like in it’s last usage in its 2 year life cycle it was finally worn in victory.
Brighton & Hove Albion wore their 3rd Kit for just the second time this season (last season’s Away Kit) both occasions have been with alternative white shorts.
Liverpool remain unbeaten in the League in their Away Kit, playing 7 times with 3 wins and 4 draws.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Manchester United and Arsenal, an all Adidas affair and seeing the Arsenal Kit on show for probably the final time is reason enough to be my favourite kit match of the week, a modern classic in my eyes!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 12 Home Kits, 5 Away Kit and 3 3rd Kit in action.
There were 2 Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Luton Town, Away Kit with Home shorts & socks, the 4th time this look has been used
Brighton & Hove Albion in 3rd Kit with white shorts, 2nd time
Kit Grid – Up to 14th May 2024
Kit News
Burnley have annouced their new kit partnership with Castore, as previously reported Castore have taken over the licence to supply kits to a number of British Clubs from Umbro, so this appears to be the first of these changes.
The club announced it was a multi-year deal with Castore starting from 2024/25 Season, full details can be found on the club’s site and it’s offical annoucement here.
It has been reported that Chelsea have missed the deadline in confirming their front of shirt sponsorship for their 2024/25 kits. This means that the initial launch of their new kits are likely to be blank much like this season where they only confirmed “Infinite Athlete” once the season had kicked off… one to keep an eye on over the next few weeks.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek I will be back next week with the final weekly review and of course the big one, the full season report…!
Matchweek 36 has now been completed, and we are that stage of the season where most teams have just one more Home Game Each.. so a chance of new kits on show in the coming weeks (more on that below). The fixtures from this weekend are a mix of games from Matchweek 7 (7 games from there) and Matchweek 2 (3 games from there).. the fixture computer must of had a funny turn when coming this round of games!
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 36
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 109 (+1 from Matchweek 35)
Goalkeeper Kits – 60 (+1 from Matchweek 35)
New Kits this Matchweek
There was one new kit on show this weekend, with Nottingham Forest using alternative socks with their 3rd Kit, we have seen these socks before but they were worn with alternative shorts as well, interesting against Brentford who wear the same colour combination as Sheffield United… so I guess they did not like the look of the shorts to use them again!
In the Midweek Game between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur (delayed from MW26), Tottenham used the Green Nike Goalkeeper Template for the first time this season.
Kit Highlights
This matchweek saw five teams in 3rd Kits, the joint most worn in one round of fixtures, however this was the first time this season where we saw three teams in 3rd Variations with Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Luton Town and Everton, a nice balance between the two kits and likely the last time we will see this wonderful Everton 3rd Kit in action!
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 14 Home Kits, 1 Away Kit and 5 3rd Kit in action.
There were a total of 4 Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Fulham, in 3rd Kit with alternative pink shorts & socks, 2nd time this season
Nottingham Forest, 3rd Kit with alternative orange socks
Aston Villa, Home Kit with alternative claret shorts & socks, 4th time seen this season
Manchester United in 3rd Kit with white socks, the 7th time used
Kit Grid – Up to 7th May 2024
Kit News
The first offical Kit Launch for 2024/25 has happened and there is no surprise that it is Liverpool. Their much leaked home kit is now available for Pre-Order for 16th May, this suggests that we will see this kit in action (a regular occurance for Liverpool) with the likely game being the final game of the season against Wovlerhampton Wanderers. I will be interested to see the kit in action and initially quite like the yellow / white side flashes, which are also on the shorts’ side panels, an element of the kit that was not seen in the leaked images..!
Another club that may debut their 2024/25 Home Kit before the end of the season is Manchester City who are making plans to wear the new kit against West Ham United on the final game of the season, HOWEVER… it has been reported that they will ONLY wear their new kit if… the Premier League Title has been secured at that point either by themselves or another club, if the title race goes down to that final round of fixtuers then they will wear this season’s kit.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below or at @Kit_Geek
Matchweek 35 has now been completed and have April’s fixtures, so we are now into the last month of the 2023/24 Season. The fixtures from this weekend were the reverse fixtures from Matchweek 6 way back in September and the new kit looks continue to be seen..!
As always you can find last week Matchweek’s review – here
The current Kit Overview for Premier League is below.
Matchweek 35
Total Kits Used
Kits Worn in Total – 108 (+1 from last Matchweek)
Goalkeeper Kits – 59 (+1 from last Matchweek)
New Kits this Matchweek
There was one new outfield kit this Matchweek, Luton Town wore their 3rd Kit with Away shorts, this is their 4th different 3rd Kit look and their 10th overall this season!
There was also a new Goalkeeper look seen this Matchweek, the first new Goalkeeper Kit since Matchweek 22, with Arsenal’s David Raya wearing green shorts with the green Adidas Goalkeeper Template, the default look for Arsenal this season of this colourway was with black shorts, so this is the first time we have seen all green this season, the 4th Goalkeeper Kit look of the season for The Gunners!
Kit Highlights
Arsenal wore alternative red socks with their Home Kit in the North London Derby, this was the first time they have worn this kit look since Matchweek 11.
Liverpool remain undefeated in their Away Kit in League this season, the only team to remain unbeaten in their Away Kit, having played 6 games, winning 3 and drawing 3.
My favourite Kit Match Up of the weekend was the game between Newcastle United and Sheffield United, a nice balance between the two kits, Sheffield United’s Away kit is a nice clean change kit and has worked well on the road as look for The Blades.
Kit Stats
Overall we have seen 15 Home Kits, 4 Away Kits and 1 3rd Kit in action.
There were a total of 3 Kit variations used in this Matchweek
Luton Town 3rd Kit with white (Away) Shorts
Chelsea, Home Kit with alternative Blue socks, 4th time used this season (2nd game in a row)
Arsenal, Home Kit with alternative Red socks, 4th time used
Kit Grid – Up to 29th April 2024
Kit News
No Premier League Kit News this weekend, we starting to see leaks of next season’s shirts but we at Kit Geek Towers will only share those when they are offically released, which I am sure we will start seeing in the coming weeks with several teams often in new kits in their final games of the season…!
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